St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-19

nails are not as pretty,
Nell Gwynn sold orange: in the streets
and theaterS. From the pit, while yend-
ing her wares, she took fancy for the
stage.
Russian girl students i'm Paris are
said to be bright, Studious. inclined to
melancholy and very fond of smoking
cigarettes.
The empress of Austria takes exer-
else on foot as we'll as on horseback.
She recently walked twenty-five miles
i'll one day in Eastern Hungary.
Christine Nilsson was poor Swedish
peasant, and ran barefoot in childhood.
Jenny Lind, also a Swede, was the
daughter of a principal of a young
ladies' boarding school.
EdmOnia Lewis, the sculptor, is col
ored. Overcoming the prejudice against
her sex and color, and Self-educated,
Miss Lewis is now successfully purSu-
ing her profession in Italy.
Minnie Hauk'S fatheT was German
shoemaker in the most Strengthened cir
cumStances. Her voice early attracted
the attention of one OF New YOrk'S
richest men. who had it cultivated
Miss Maria Mitchell. the astronomer,
was the daughter of a small farmer in
Nantucket who was obliged to exc out
his income by teaching school at 81 a
week. Maria was constantly occupied
with household duties
London Society states that there is an
und0ubted breach between the Princess
oil Wales and her majesty, which is
widening and deepening. 1t is even
limited that the princess is the consider
alton that prevents her majesty'S abdi-
cation.
The great Fresich actress, Rachel, had
as hard childhood as ever fell to the
lot OF genius; ragged, barefOoted, and
hungry, she played The tambourine in
the streets, and sang and begged for a
dole. Naturally she was illiterate and
vulgar.
AT the recent opening of home for
young women studying art at kensing-
ton. England. the Prince and Princess
OF Wales were present with many titled
personageS. In all the assemblage the
prettieSt WORan was said to be Lady
Francis Cook. formerly known in Wall
street as Iennie G. Uaflin.
Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, is
worth S40,0O0,000; Mrs. Edwin Stevens
counts her wealth at S15,0CO,0O0 Mrs.
John Jacob AstOr, sS,000,O00; Mrs. Kate
Terry, S6,000,000; Mrs. Josephine M.
Aver, $4.0OO,OGO; Mrs. Jane Brown,
s4,0O0,000; Mrs. Robert Goelet, $1,000
600; Mrs. Marshall o. Roberts, $780,
GOO; Mrs. Thomas a. Scott, s., O00, 900.
A New York girls summes outing out
fit Includes pale pink and green ribbed
silk vests aud silk stockings to match,
and white china silk night-goWnS with
lace frils. The latter are so like moth
ing on a hot summer night that one is
glad to spend SuperfiuOuS SIS on each
just to keep cool. The other sets were
OF fine linen cambria and nainsook, with
narrow edge of lace Oh neck, but
fiounce on the bottom. by order of the
eKtrayagant wearer.
Miss Braddon. the novelist, started i'm
life as an actress i'll the English prov
inces. ~. tt4e
Minnie Hauk'spapa was shoemaker,
but Minnie had sole for song, and
she valued her talent above awl.
Lucy Larcom is not ashamed to own
that she once worked in mill. She
thinks, and we agree with her, that
there are as many real ladies in mills as
there are out of them.
The tarenteIla. gay Neapolitan
dance, has been revived in Partisan
ball rooms. 1t permits pretty dancers
to wear petHcOatS la almost ballet.
we shall bar the tarenteala here.
The Princess .jouriesky has started
business in Paris as a society queen.
She still retains the fair, soft skin which
charmed the late cxar. She and the
Princess Mathilde are close allies.
Queen Victoria's presents during the
jubilee are expected to be of immense
value, particularly those coming from
India. Know all women by these pres
ents that nobody will get grain of
these gifts but the royal babies
American ladies of distinction only
are to receive presentations at the
English court after this. So many of our
fair countrywomen have been gearing
to bend the knee to royalty that the lega-
ton has received quiet hint upon the
subject. The Snub was not undeseryed.